NEW YORK CITY. 



517 



grew wu reduced and all the increase given to Dcmo- 

 -iirnully illuMruted l>\ the fact thut 



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'i-aii Monroe, with ISI.OIMI JM>|, illation, 



::!>lynifii, wliilc Democratic Albany, with 

 illation, \* awarded 4. 



Subsequently, in October, Charles Andrews 

 Burned for the chief justiceship of the 

 Court of Appeals by the Republican State Com- 

 mittee, which nomination was accepted by the 

 1). 'inorr.-iN. For the same office, Joseph A. IJo- 

 gardus was named by the Prohibitionists, Alex- 

 ander Jonas by the Socialists, and Henry A. 

 Hicks by the People's party. 



At the election held on Nov. 8 the electoral 

 tickets received votes as follow : Democratic, 654,- 

 NM; Kepnblican, 609,350; Prohibition, 38,190; 

 People's, 10,429; and Socialist Labor, 17,656 ; 

 thus indicating a plurality of 45,518 votes for 

 the Democratic. On the same occasion consti- 

 tutional amendments were voted for as follow: 

 To transfer legislative contested cases to courts: 

 For, 174,678; against, 180,030. To increase Su- 

 preme Court justices : For, 161,759 ; against, 

 l'. s . 1 10. To sell salt springs at Onondaga : For, 

 1 ;o.7i;.-> ; against, 171.442. To the State Legis- 

 lature, 74 Democratic and 54 Republican Assem- 

 blymen were elected ; also, 20 Democratic and 

 14 Republican Congressmen were chosen. 



NEW YORK CITY. Government The 

 city otljcials who held office during the year were : 

 Mayor, Hugh J. Grant ; President of the Board 

 of Aldermen, John H.V.Arnold; Register, Frank 

 T. Fitzgerald ; and Sheriff, John J. Gorman, all 

 of whom are Tammany Democrats, and entered 

 on the duties of their offices on Jan. 1, 1891. 



Finances. The condition of the city debt on 

 Jan. 1, 1893, is shown in the accompanying table : 



During the year bonds were issued for public 

 improvements amounting to $9,689,919.30 ; still 

 the public debt, in lieu of diminishing, as was 

 the case last year, wa increased by $ 1,1 16,399.85. 



The inteie-t on the city debt for lHJ:i 

 amounted to $6,764,300.42. The outstanding 

 Ixmds were issued when the city was forced to 

 pay 5, 6, and 7 per cent, in order to secure a 

 market for its obligations. The bonds bearing 

 the liighot rate of interest will fall due in 1904. 



On Oct. 3 the tax books wire opened for the 

 receipt of taxes. The total tax for 1892 was 

 $33,725,555.84, and the tax rate T85 per cent, on 

 real property, while the rate on personal estate 

 of corporations was 1-7135 per cent. All tax- 

 payers who paid their taxes before Nov. 1 re- 

 ceived a discount at the rate of 6 per cent, from 

 date of payment to Dec. 1, 1892 ; after which 1 

 per cent, w'as added to the sum due. 



The Sinking Fund Commissioners authorized 

 the payment and canceling on Oct. 28 of c-ity 

 bonds to the amount of $4,286,315.13 due Nov. 

 1. Of the amount, the Sinking Fund Commis- 

 sioners held $352.215.13, which was canceled. 

 The balance of $3,934,100 held by private per- 

 sons and corporations was redeemed. Tnese 

 payments, which formerly were made by taxa- 

 tion, are now made from the accumulations of 

 the sinking fund under the provisions of sec- 

 tion 191 of the Consolidation act, which permits 

 such action when it will not impair the preferred 

 claims on the fund. This is by far the largest 

 payment that has ever been made under the 

 provisions referred to. The transaction included 

 the payment of $3,929,400 7-per-cent. city im- 

 provement bonds and $4,700 0-per-cent. county 

 courthouse stock. The amount canceled in. 



Total funded debt $155,161,978 90 eludes $66,896.30 7-ier-<'cnt. improvement bonds, 



Less amour.t held by commissioners of the $95,300 6-per-cent. courthouse Meek, and $190,- 



pinking fluid as investments 58^87.60681 JCooo * * I , l 



Cash 8,19479977 018.83 5-per-cent. improvement boml>. 



Board of Estimate and Apportionment. 



rotal $68,088,40< as This body, consisting of the Mayor, the Oonp- 



Net funded debt, Dec. 81, 1892 $98,629.567 83 troller, and the President of t he I >qwrt merit of 



Revenuebonds 866,088 98 Taxes and Assessments, allowed the following 



Debt, including revenue bonds $98,995,651 24 amounts for 1892 : Mayoralty, $28,000 ; Com- 



